Upon becoming king, Henry inherited a government severely weakened and degraded by the Wars of the Roses.

Upon becoming emperor he took the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus.

Upon becoming a student at Locke High School, Smith played on the basketball and baseball teams.

Upon becoming President of Egypt following the death in office of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Al-Sadat sought a diplomatic solution to the conflict, offering peace and recognition to Israel in exchange for the Israeli withdrawal from all the Egyptian, Palestinian, and Syrian territory occupied in 1967, and a resolution of the Palestinian refugee problem.

Upon graduation in 1982, Rampton worked as a newspaper reporter before becoming a peace activist.

Upon his death in 79, he was succeeded by his eldest son Titus, thus becoming the first Roman Emperor to be directly succeeded by his own son.

Upon becoming wealthy, Prinze took martial arts lessons from Robert Wall, a student of Bruce Lee, who appeared in Enter the Dragon and Return of the Dragon.

Upon the death of his father in 1828 and his becoming Viscount Melbourne, he moved to the House of Lords.

Upon becoming king in 1481, John II of Portugal set out on many long reforms.

Upon becoming Emperor, Marcian repudiated the embarrassing payments of tribute to Attila the Hun ( 434 – 453 ), which the latter had been accustomed to receiving from Theodosius II in order to refrain from attacks on the Eastern Empire.

Upon his return young Bolesławowic accepted the over-lordship of his uncle and gave up his hereditary claim to the crown of Poland in exchange for becoming first in line to succeed him.

Upon graduating, Bashir studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, becoming a proficient violinist.

* Upon becoming ruler of Epirus, Phyrrhus allies himself with his brother-in-law, Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus.

Upon becoming Augustus in 305, Constantius launched a successful punitive campaign against the Picts beyond the Antonine Wall.

Upon becoming emperor he made his brother Valens his co-emperor, giving him rule of the eastern provinces while Valentinian retained the west.

Upon their arrival in New Amsterdam, Huguenots were offered land directly across from Manhattan on Long Island for a permanent settlement and chose the harbor at the end of Newtown Creek, becoming the first Europeans to live in Brooklyn, NY, then known as Boschwick, today known as Bushwick.

Upon becoming secretary he set up a special advisory group of DoD officials, known as the Vietnam Task Force, and he met with them almost every morning he was in the Pentagon.

Upon becoming king, Euric defeated several other Visigothic kings and chieftains in a series of civil wars and soon became the first ruler of a truly unified Visigothic nation.

Upon becoming king, Pelasgus was responsible for inventing huts, sheep-skin coats, and a diet consisting of acorns.

Upon legally becoming an Indiana Fifth-Class City in 1935, its first mayor and four city council members were elected ( three district members, and one at-large ).

Upon becoming World Champion, Petrosian campaigned for the publication of a chess newspaper for the entire Soviet Union rather than just Moscow.

Upon Wach's death before the lectures were delivered, Eliade was appointed as his replacement, becoming, in 1964, the Sewell Avery Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions.

Upon its release, Marble Madness was commercially successful, becoming a profitable arcade game.

Upon matching the record of 26 kills held by America's top World War I ace, Eddie Rickenbacker, Foss was accorded the honor of becoming America's first " ace-of-aces " in World War II.

Upon his return to Basel, Aeneas sided actively with the council in its conflict with the Pope, and, although still a layman, eventually obtained a share in the direction of its affairs.

Upon the death of Pope Pius V ( 1566 – 1572 ), the conclave chose Cardinal Boncompagni, who assumed the name of Gregory XIII in homage to the great reforming Pope, Gregory I ( 590 – 604 ), surnamed the Great.

Upon the abdication of Pope John XVIII in 1009. he was elected pope and adopted the name Sergius IV.

Upon learning of Gregory V's death, Otto III installed his long-time tutor Gerbert of Aurillac as Pope Sylvester II.

Upon the death of the last Duke of Urbino ( Francesco Maria II ), instead of claiming the duchy for Ferdinando, who was married to the Duke of Urbino's granddaughter and heiress, Vittoria della Rovere, they permitted it to be annexed by Pope Urban VIII.

Upon his initiative, a Belgian College in Rome was opened in 1844, where 100 years later, in 1946, Pope John Paul II would begin his Roman studies.

Upon relinquishing in 2006 the title of Patriarch of the West, Pope Benedict XVI renamed these basilicas from " Patriarchal Basilicas " to " Papal Basilicas ".

Upon Constance's death in 1198, Pope Innocent III succeeded as Frederick's guardian.

Upon canonization, the Pope declared St. Maximilian Kolbe not a confessor, but a martyr.

Upon the death of Pope Honorius in February 1130 there were two claimants to the papal throne.

Upon his arrival in East Timor, the Pope symbolically kissed a cross then pressed it to the ground, alluding to his usual practice of kissing the ground on arrival in a nation, and yet avoiding overtly suggesting East Timor was a sovereign country.

Upon Ladislaus ' initiative, Pope Gregory VII ordered the canonization of the first king of Hungary, Stephen I and his son, Emeric ( Imre ).

Upon the application of some bishops, the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod, based on the direction of Pope Shenouda, also decided to ask Copts not to visit Jerusalem until the Church possessions and the monastery be returned.

* John Dennis-Reflections Critical and Satyrical, Upon a Late Rhapsody call'd, An Essay upon Criticism ( Dennis's counterattack on Alexander Pope )

** The Egotist ; or, Colley Upon Cibber ( many deprecations on Alexander Pope )

Upon the death of the last Duke of Urbino, instead of claiming the duchy for Ferdinando, who was married his granddaughter, and heiress, Vittoria della Rovere, they permitted it to be annexed by Pope Urban VIII.

Upon the ascension to the Throne of St. Peter, the Franciscan friar, Pope Nicholas IV, took Munio's legislation as a reason to edit the Dominican Rule in its entirety.

Upon being asked by the Pope what his vocation was, Medwick replied, " Your Holiness, I'm Joe Medwick.

Upon Pope Innocent III's request, the ecclesiastic and temporal dignitaries of the Kingdom of Hungary took an oath before his birth that they would accept him as his father's successor.

Upon his request, Pope Gregory IX absolved Béla of his oath he had taken to the Holy Roman Emperor during the Mongol invasion on 21 August 1245.

Upon the death of Bishop Black in March 1968 the Rt Rev Stephen McGill was translated by Pope Paul VI from the see of Argyll and the Isles and remained in Paisley until his retirement in March 1988 whereupon he was succeeded by the Rt Rev John Mone an auxiliary bishop of Glasgow and an appointee of Pope John Paul II.

Upon returning to Rome, Bar Sauma was cordially received by the newly elected Pope Nicholas IV, who gave him communion on Palm Sunday, 1288, allowed him to celebrate his own Eucharist in the capital of Latin Christianity.